Connectivity: The Key to IIoT Data Communications

From a practical viewpoint, IIoT components and subsystems are built at different times, by different teams, and in different places. In order to interoperate, they need to be able to communicate meaningfully. In order to communicate, the underlying connectivity infrastructure must facilitate the exchange of information between the participants.

The Industrial Internet Connectivity Framework (IICF) is a comprehensive resource for understanding Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) connectivity considerations. Developed by international connectivity experts, the IICF defines the minimum expectations required to build next generation IIoT systems with syntactic interoperability between components and subsystems.

On this week’s episode of the Real World IoT Podcast, host Ken Briodagh discusses how partnerships and bundled solutions are shaping the Industrial IoT with Derek Wallace, Director of Product Management at MultiTech Systems. MultiTech designs, develops and manufactures data communications equipment for the industrial Internet of Things — connecting physical assets to business processes to deliver enhanced value. MultiTech has been around for almost 48 years and has been diving deep into low power wireless and will be eventually working on devices with 5G.

On this week’s episode of the Real World IoT Podcast, host Ken Briodagh discusses the management of IoT data with Co-Founder and CEO of Timescale, Ajay Kulkarni, as well as Mike Freedman, Co-Founder and CTO of Timescale. Timescale is addressing one of the largest challenges in databases for years to come: helping developers, businesses, and society make sense of the data that our machines are generating in copious amounts. Timescale provides the only open-source time-series database that natively supports full-SQL, combining the power, reliability, and ease-of-use of a relational database with the scalability typically seen in NoSQL systems.

On this week’s episode of Real World IoT Podcast, host Ken Briodagh discuss the differences between the consumer and enterprise IoT markets and the impacts of “gold rush mentality” with President of the CallPass companies, Jason Ashton. CallPass consists of CallPass Tech and CallPass M2M Solutions Inc, both of which specialize in asset tracking through GPS technology, working directly with consumers and enterprises alike.

On this week’s episode of Real World IoT, Ken Briodagh speaks with Vice President of IoT for Avnet, Lou Lutostanski. In this role, Lou works across the company to identify and create opportunities to leverage Avnet’s capabilities and expand the company’s reach and expertise to entrepreneurs, startups, leading technology OEMs and other IoT innovators, enabling them to bring IoT solutions to market, from idea to production. Lou has 30 years of experience and industry knowledge, joining Avnet in 1987 as a system sales manager. Throughout the next 13 years, he gained increasing responsibility as a field application engineer, sales manager, branch manager, and vice president, area director. Throughout his most recent years at Avnet, he served as vice president of sales for the Americas and as vice president of demand creation for the Americas.

Consumers are desiring more immersive and engaging experiences, but developing such experiences can be challenging and costly. Amazon Sumerian strips away this complexity by making it easier, faster, and less expensive to develop and deploy AR, VR, and 3D applications. Join us for an overview of the Sumerian IDE, console, editor and hosts as well as renderings of demo use cases. In this hands-on webinar, participants will learn how Sumerian’s browser-based approach to application development is being used to create and publish scenes.

Kyle Roche, General Manager, Amazon Sumerian

Kyle is the General Manager of Amazon Sumerian. Kyle was the founder of 2lemetry which was acquired by Amazon in 2015 and became AWS IoT. He is a regular speaker at industry events for IoT, AR, and VR. He has authored numerous technical publications on subjects ranging from cloud computing to augmented reality. He lives in Seattle with his wife and 5 kids and is an avid wake surfer and hockey player.

Join Ben Easterling, Strategic Alliance Lead for the AT&T Smart Cities Business Unit and Steve Brumer, Partner with 151 Advisors, a leader in providing Advisory and Strategic services around “Monetizing the Connected World” for a 60 minute open discussion on Smart Cities and Smart Buildings and the commercialization aspects of them.

Topics will include:
- Where is the money in supplying products and services?
- What is the true meaning of ROI in the Smart Cities and Smart Buildings space?

Key Takeaways will focus on where should you focus your time, energy and efforts within this space and drive revenue.

With the Internet of Things and applications such as wearable personal health trackers, we are becoming more the center of our active care management. The issues of privacy and security are foundational to the safety of our healthcare data.

What is the possible function of blockchain, in our healthcare industry given the numerous players such as insurance, physicians, pharmaceuticals, researchers and above all the patient where transactions such as medical care records; drug trial results may be transacted immutably on a public ledger or perhaps a ledger that is hybrid, public-private? The speaker will articulate blockchain use cases that may be considered for application in the healthcare industry.

There is work in progress in this space of healthcare and blockchain, however, what must be pivotal in the discussion is that the patient remain the center of this dynamically changing universe. Education will be critical and an opportunity for this industry!

The key takeaways from this webinar are:
1.Assess Blockchain and its application in the healthcare industry;
2.Understand the polarity between regulation-privacy-security and transparency;
3.Call to action re: Education for all players especially the patient

About the presenter:

Monique is President and Co-Founder of the Humanized Internet, a non-profit organization focused on providing digital identity for those individuals most underserved. Blockchain is certainly a potential mechanism for this billion-people challenge. Visit thehumanizedinternet.org for more information.

The recent Southwest Airlines fatal engine failure has brought the discussion around predictive maintenance to the forefront. This webinar discusses how the intersection of two disruptive technologies, The Internet of Things and blockchain, could be applied in the development of a Predictive Maintenance As A Service solution.

Discussion points will include:

- Internet of Things, sensors
- Blockchain concepts, distributed ledger, smart contracts
- Intersection of these technologies through the supply chain
- How to leverage the features of that intersection towards a predictive maintenance as a Service

About the speakers:

Scott Udell is VP, IoT Solutions at Cloud Technology Partners. He brings 27+ years of consulting and technology industry success. He has spent most of the last 15 years working in startups focused on IoT, M2M, Video Analytics, RFID, Retail/CPG/Supply Chain and Logistics.

Ed Featherston is VP, Principal Architect at Cloud Technology Partners. He brings 35+ years of technology experience in designing, building, and implementing large complex solutions. He has significant expertise in systems integration, Internet/intranet, and cloud technologies. He has delivered projects in various industries, including financial services, pharmacy, government and retail.

The Internet of things (IoT) is growing rapidly and 2018 will be a fascinating year for the IoT industry. IoT technology continues to evolve at an incredibly rapid pace. Consumers and businesses alike are anticipating the next big innovation. They are all set to embrace the ground-breaking impact of the Internet of Things on our lives like ATMs that report crimes around them, forks that tell you if you are eating fast, or IP address for each organ of your body for doctors to connect and check.

2018 and beyond, IoT will see tremendous growth in all directions. Join this webcast to learn and discuss the 8 biggest trends that are the main developments we predict for coming the coming years.

About the speaker:
Prof. Ahmed Banafa has extensive experience in research, operations and management, with focus on IoT, Blockchain and AI. He is a reviewer and a technical contributor for the publication of several technical books. He served as a faculty several at well-known universities and colleges, including the University of California, Berkeley; California State University-East Bay; San Jose State University; and University of Massachusetts.

Gospel is an enterprise data platform built on blockchain, providing an accessible distributed environment, as well as enterprise grade scale-ability and security to streamline processes and avoid data breaches.

- Enabling IoT and automation with blockchain technology
- The importance of security and trust in data
- Use cases for IoT and blockchain

Have your questions answered directly in this live presentation!

About the presenters:

Trent is Gospel's Technical Sales Engineer. He helps our customers understand the more technical aspects of Gospel and works with them to successfully integrate our product into their environments.

Liam has proven experience of being part of something new and exciting, applying innovative and disruptive technology to solve critical problems in the world of Enterprise data. Liam is now applying this skill to help customers deploy Gospel and explore the world of Blockchain.

The Internet of Things allows us to capture data from an ever-expanding ecosystem of connected devices. This data adds value to business and streamlines consumer experience. Its expansion and adoption has been constrained by two things - the speed and availability of data connectivity, and technical limitations on participation and the security of the captured data. The Internet of Things can start to realise its true potential through advances in connectivity (notably the roll-out of 5G networks) and the explosion of development in blockchain technology.

The key takeaways from this webinar are to:
- Understand the evolution of blockchain development from Bitcoin to business applications;
- Examine the specific advantages of combining blockchain and IoT technologies;
- Decide when you might use a blockchain in your business.

About the presenter:
Kate Baucherel BA(Hons) FCMA CGMA is a digital strategist specialising in emerging tech, particularly blockchain and distributed ledger technology. She was recently appointed COO of City Web Consultants, working on the application of blockchain, AR/VR, machine learning, and AI for blue chip clients in the UK and overseas. Kate’s first job was with an IBM business partner in Denver back when the AS/400 was a really cool piece of hardware and the World Wide Web didn’t exist. She has held senior technical and financial roles in businesses across multiple sectors, and is a published author of non-fiction and sci-fi.

Learn how Verv started with an IoT device to give consumers greater insight into their energy usage and developed it into a blockchain-based data and peer-to-peer energy trading platform.

Discussion topics include:

- Non-intrusive load monitoring and how it turns your home into a smart home with just one sensor
- What is the blockchain and why should it be used for peer to peer energy trading
- GDPR and how it will pave the way for ethical selling of data

About the presenter:

Maria holds an MEng degree in Electronic Systems Engineering from The University of Manchester. She is currently the Chief Operating Officer at Verv where they have developed a blockchain-based peer-to-peer energy trading platform and have launched a initial token offering. Previously she worked in Field Sales Engineering at NASDAQ data acquisition specialist National Instruments where she was responsible for a multi-million pound sales territory across a wide range of industries from Aerospace and Defence to Consumer Electronics. Earlier in her career she worked in telecommunications consulting, advising (among others) the European Railway Agency on future operational communications systems having spent time in postgraduate research studying RF and wireless sensor networks.

Join this live webcast with Martin Thunman, CEO & Co-Founder of Crosser Technologies, as he takes a deep dive into edge computing and the Industrial Internet of Things.

Key topics that Martin will cover during this presentation will be:

- What are the key business, security and technical considerations around connecting machinery and assets?
- What is Edge Computing and how can Edge Computing add value to both Machine manufacturers and internal Manufacturing use cases?
- Will Edge Computing increase my independence of the cloud / IoT platforms or will it increase the stickiness and potential switching cost?

Live Q&A will be held during the session so come prepared with all of your IoT, IIoT and edge computing questions!

On this week’s episode of the Real World IoT Podcast, Ken Briodagh sits down to speak with Bruce Chatterley, President and CEO at Senet. Bruce has more than 25 years of experience building successful high growth technology businesses. He most recently operated as an Independent Growth Consultant to global fiber optic telecommunications providers, based in London UK. Chatterley is also an experienced telecom leader, serving as CEO of cloud-based VOIP firms Broadvox and Speakeasy. In addition, he is a former senior executive at Ameritech and US West. Chatterley has also been an early leader in the development of the Software As A Service industry, having served as CEO of ViAir and President of eServices for Concur Technologies. Earlier in his career Chatterley also held Senior Sales and Marketing positions at GE and IBM. He earned his BSBA from Central Michigan University and his MBA from the Kogod College of Business Administration at American University. He currently serves as a Board member for London-based technology firm Snupps, Inc., Bigleaf Networks, and Clevest.

IoT, IIoT, OT... It is likely that for many of us these acronyms are confusing. The fact is that traditional industrial environments, such as utilities and production, have started a digital transformation process which harness these and other technologies to become more efficient, automated and competitive.

Within this transformation from a well-defined and well-controlled industrial ecosystem to a dynamic and open one, lurks a shift in the security challenges, needs and solutions/architecture.

This session will focus on the technologies and challenges digital transformation introduces in industrial environments and how Fortinet’s Security Fabric is deployed in such an environments to provide the required security infrastructure and posture, including demonstration of some simplified use cases.

On this week’s episode of Real World IoT, our host Ken Briodagh speaks with Robin Duke-Woolley about eSIM technology. Robin is the CEO of Beecham Research and has been in the telecommunications business for the last 40 years. Starting off in industry, he then moved onto analysis and consulting and has now been working in M2M and IoT since 2001. Robin more recently created Beecham Research which is a market research and consulting firm that focuses entirely on IoT and M2M.

Danny Royer is the Vice President of Technology at Bowles Farming Company in the middle of California Central Valley. His job is integrating technology into the everyday things that are done on the farm. The farm is about 12,000 acres, producing about 21 different crops and irrigating mainly with subsurface drip irrigation. Currently Bowles Farming Company is in the middle of the planting season with crews planting and processing tomatoes and cotton. The cotton being grown on the farm is unique in the fact that they are using DNA tracing technology to create transparency throughout the supply chain on cotton fibers. Relative to IoT, sensors, modules and controllers are used throughout the farm to manage and maintain the many different facets of the farm. With all of these connected things, the biggest challenge is how to manage all of those connections.

On this weeks’ episode of Real World IoT with 151 Advisors, our host Ken Briodagh sits down to talk with Evan Cummack about the current state of the IoT. Evan is the Principal Product Manager for Twilio’s Programmable Wireless product line. He has been with Twilio since 2011, has developed multiple new products and consulted with many of Twilio’s largest customers on global communications solutions. Twilio is a global development platform providing APIs for various forms of communications, catering to customers and developers alike.

Christian Solomine has been working in the M2M/IoT industry for about 20 years. Prior to working with IoTM, he directed the North America Global Partner Program at Telefonica Digital, focusing on Machine-to-Machine(M2M)/IoT solutions and helped lead global business development initiatives. Prior to Telefonica, Christian ran M2M worldwide sales for Rogers Communications in Canada and directed sales at Jasper Wireless for their fleet management and consumer electronics practice. When he first started in the space he worked with vehicle tracking systems and sourced connectivity from major cell companies. There wasn’t really a way to track and control the data being used, and at the time it wasn’t a very big deal due to the small amount of devices. As the industry grew, Christian began to see an opportunity for a management service like IoTM to disrupt the marketplace and is now a board advisor for the company.

You can do a lot with a Raspberry and ASF projects. From a tiny object
connected to the internet to a small server application. The presentation
will explain and demo the following:

- Raspberry as small server and captive portal using httpd/tomcat.
- Raspberry as a IoT Sensor collecting data and sending it to ActiveMQ.
- Raspberry as a Modbus supervisor controlling an Industruino
(Industrial Arduino) and connected to ActiveMQ.

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